This week overview (June 8 - June 12, 2026): • Cyera raised $600 million at a $12 billion valuation, highlighting growing demand for AI-era cybersecurity platforms. • TensorWave secured $350 million to expand its AMD-powered AI infrastructure. • Bybit launched IPO Express, bringing tokenized IPO access to retail investors and allowing participation in offerings such as SpaceX. • NinjaOne surpassed a $12.3 billion valuation after raising over $400 million.

At Consensus 2026, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko had a conversation with Ali Yahua from a16z crypto, reflecting on how far the crypto industry has come, and why he believes the next phase of growth will be driven by execution rather than experimentation.

This week overview (June 1 - June 5, 2026): • Franklin Templeton integrated its BENJI tokenized money market fund with MoonPay Trade. • Robinhood completed its $180 million acquisition of WonderFi, entering the Canadian crypto market. • Alphabet increased its planned equity raise to $84.75 billion. • Coinbase and Better funded the first bitcoin-backed mortgage, allowing borrowers to use bitcoin and USDC as collateral for home purchases.

At Consensus 2026, industry leaders Britt Cambas of Circle, Rachel Castro of Business Banking Partnerships of U.S. Bank, Pauline Shangett of ChangeNOW and Ali Tager of the National Cryptocurrency Association explored one of crypto's most important challenges: trust. The panel explored what creates trust, how companies earn it, and why the future of crypto adoption may depend more on human relationships than technical innovation.

This week overview (May 18 - May 22, 2026): Tether and Gnosis co-led a $4.4 million seed round into Sorted Wallet. MoonPay acquired cross-chain infrastructure platform Decent.xyz in an eight-figure deal and launched MoonPay Trade. Blackstone and Google announced a new AI infrastructure joint venture backed by a $5 billion commitment. Hyperliquid’s HYPE token surged above $60 after spot HYPE ETFs from Bitwise and 21Shares.

At a recent Bitcoin conference panel in Las Vegas, moderated by Brandon Keys from Green Candle and participants from across the Bitcoin financial ecosystem tackled exactly that. But instead of landing on a clean number, the conversation exposed something far more important: Retirement in the Bitcoin era may no longer be about escaping work. It may be about gaining optionality.

This week overview (May 11 - May 15, 2026): BitGo reported $3.8 billion in Q1 revenue, up more than 112% year-over-year. JPMorgan launched JLTXX, a new Ethereum-based tokenized money market fund built around stablecoin reserve requirements under the GENIUS Act. Exodus posted Q1 revenue of $22.7 million, down 37% year-over-year. OKX is reportedly acquiring a 20% stake in South Korean exchange Coinone.

At Consensus Miami 2026, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley, had a conversation with Gareth Jenkinson from The Block, about the evolution of crypto markets, institutional adoption, Bitcoin ETFs, Michael Saylor’s financial engineering, and why he believes the traditional four-year cycle is officially over.

At the recent Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, Jack Mallers, Strike CEO, and Miles Suter, Bitcoin Product Lead at Block, Inc. and Cash App, are pushing the same idea from different angles: Bitcoin isn’t just something to hold, it has to function as money.

In the recent conversation with BeIncrypto, Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX and managing partner at Maelstrom Fund, reduces the entire crypto market to a single variable: